tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post1244086931602720915..comments2024-03-27T11:32:14.453+00:00Comments on Penniless Parenting: Great Loot at a Book Swap!Penniless Parentinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-73085953360488036502015-06-17T04:02:27.760+00:002015-06-17T04:02:27.760+00:00I second getting an e-reader of some kind. There ...I second getting an e-reader of some kind. There are newsletters like freebooksy and BookBub that send out daily emails with free e-books that all you have to do is download them. Amazon always has lots of free e-books. <br /><br />Because I drive a lot, I listen to audiobooks all the time. In California, you can get a library card for almost any library in the state as long as you live in Sharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-931451537952516682015-06-06T18:00:21.078+00:002015-06-06T18:00:21.078+00:00if you have an e-reader, or an e-reader app on you...if you have an e-reader, or an e-reader app on your computer, you can download all the books you could ever want from tuebl.ca I'm never without a book, or 12, on hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-85511931272794527672015-06-06T16:18:44.317+00:002015-06-06T16:18:44.317+00:00Oooh, good haul!
I love, love the Newton's Ca...Oooh, good haul!<br /><br />I love, love the Newton's Cannon series (am actually on Empire of Unreason now, second re-read). I read constantly.<br /><br />Mostly on e-reader now, where you can get for example 100 Classic Mysteries for $2 American. E-readers are great for those of us who need larger print. <br /><br />Back home, one small community built a lending library in one of those shedsAnnemarienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-43050852636354847812015-06-05T06:59:20.958+00:002015-06-05T06:59:20.958+00:00I am American, born and raised, but since I got ma...I am American, born and raised, but since I got married I have been living in another country, a non english speaking country. :-DPenniless Parentinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-13265683500934755192015-06-05T06:36:07.060+00:002015-06-05T06:36:07.060+00:00I get where you're coming from - and I'm f...I get where you're coming from - and I'm finding getting books from the library more difficult - now that I've moved from a city to a small town (and correspondingly smaller library). Add the fact that a few of the books are in Welsh (ie I've moved from England to West Wales) and...yikes. I am puzzled at you referring to books as being in the "local language" - as I ceridwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618044461222968902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-42052083371372682682015-06-04T23:07:08.239+00:002015-06-04T23:07:08.239+00:00Clive Barker is amazing! One of my favorite author...Clive Barker is amazing! One of my favorite authors ever! I have a Kindle and it has its uses - like I can store a bajillion books on there without any clutter! But, there is NOTHING in the world like the "smell" of a paper book or walking into a library/bookstore for that matter.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962759988828423369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-66623093302172011222015-06-04T15:15:14.021+00:002015-06-04T15:15:14.021+00:00I'm more of a "background person" --...I'm more of a "background person" -- I read a lot, and I post almost nothing. However, I'd like to recommend the model of "Little Free Library" (www.littlefreelibrary.org).<br /><br />I am blessed to live in San Diego, California -- amazing weather, access to virtually anything a person could want (albeit expensive, which I can barely afford).<br /><br />And yet, our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-34093391794720356802015-06-04T14:52:01.980+00:002015-06-04T14:52:01.980+00:00I love to read...it's tv on paper for me. Giv...I love to read...it's tv on paper for me. Give me a murder mystery or a really good detective story and I'm in bliss. Nothing beats a well thought out serial killer. Also adventure too. Anything that reminds me of Indiana Jones. I can get so into a book I can lose all focus but for the book, but life doesn't give ya too many moments like that in my world, so I can stop and start Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-10464547667397875452015-06-04T14:51:37.288+00:002015-06-04T14:51:37.288+00:00I need books!! Here are some of my book review po...I need books!! <a href="http://articles.earthlingshandbook.org/tag/books/" rel="nofollow">Here are some of my book review posts.</a> I do reread, if I liked the book, so I keep a lot of books in my house, but I try to go through them every few years to purge the ones that I don't really want to read again.<br /><br />We have an excellent local library, and it has an ongoing used book sale!Becca @ The Earthlings Handbookhttp://articles.earthlingshandbook.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-20284306170721396732015-06-04T05:23:57.595+00:002015-06-04T05:23:57.595+00:00This post really resonates with me on several leve...This post really resonates with me on several levels. I have been an on and off reader over the years but now with a change in my life style ( it is much quieter these days and I moved to a small country town) I began to read again. When I lived in the big city I could literally get any book I wanted especially if I reserved it. It took me a long time to get used to the system here of what you Vickinoreply@blogger.com